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I have heard the same about centertrack.
And when you do need to clean grit out you just use a toothbrush and maybe some water or whatever. No degreaser or ultrasonic bath.
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What do belts not like about gravel? Thought they were no worse than a chain but with the various advantages of a belt?
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I actually really liked my Smart Sam for this. Very cheap but cleared mud well and were ok on road with pressure pumped up. Only thing is they're wired and I couldn't get them to go up tubeless and they got punctured by thorns
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Depends whether you think Reynolds fancier tubing is worth it.
Similar bikes I've seen:
Brother Kepler
Genesis Fugio
Bombtrack Ext
Fairlight Faran
Cotic escapade
Kona sutra -
It's good. All the pros use one because being able to do a consistently really good manual pour over is a lot of work.
If you like the idea of it get it.
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It's hard to parse through their many differing statements but I think official clearances of 650x 47 open up a lot more options than my current bike which can only do 650 X 42 or something apocryphal. The mud around here makes me sad but it disappears in summer so I like to imagine i could do the one bike two wheelsets thing with 700 X 38 semi slick in the summer and 650x something with knobs that clears mud in the winter. I did pretty well on smart Sam 700x35s last year though so maybe that would be enough again, but I would like to run them tubeless.
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Yeah I have the same bike, was just contemplating something with more clearance but I cba with new bikes I think. Will wait for second hand 2021 bikes in 2022.
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It's bad value but for the sake of accuracy the 2300 pound cdf40 does have hydros.
https://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/genesis-croix-de-fer-40-vargn21060.
Faran with 650 wheels with a SON dynamo/hope pro4 is about the same which seems a much better deal. 625 steel though if that matters to anyone (Doubt it)
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Are you sure you wouldn't recommend a cdf.
Idiot. Cambridge UK